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Harriet Breecher wrote Uncle Toms Cabin
Harriet breecher wrote Uncle Toms Cabin which is what people say started the war and made people realize how bad slavery was. -
Missouri Compromise
Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a freee state. Drew a line at the boundary of Missouri. Slaves were allowed in southern states but not northern states. -
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Pre Civil War
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Willmot, Provise
Proposed making all land gotten from Mexico free. -
Compromise of 1850
California bacame a free state. Mexico could be a free state. Washington D.C. would not allow trade or sell slaves. -
Dredd Scott Decision
Stephen Douglas was against slsverybut beleived it should be up to eaach state. Abe was aginst slavery but beleived it should still happen. -
South Carolina Secede
One of the frist states to secede during civil war. -
Nat Turner
Nat Turner, a slave and preacher led a rebellion in Virginia. In all 58 whites were kille. He was caught and hung and incresed the concerns on slave rebellions. -
Kansas/Nebraska Act
A bill that stated that states could allow slavery by popular soverighty. -
Bleeding Kansas
Peoplewho were against slavery and those who supported slavery moved to knansas to vote whether kansas would allow slavery. There was lots of violence and it became a free state -
Lincoln-Stephen Douglas
Stephen douglas was against slavery but beleived it was the states decision. Abe was against slavery ut thought it should be. -
Lincolns election
Republicans nominated lincoln and got 180 of 303 votes and 40 percent of popular vote. -
Harpers Farry.
John Brown waas against slavery. He had a small group of whites